marine waste Articles
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The MAGnificent Seven - Gunning for Marine Waste
Waste Management World focused this article on Terragon Environmental Technologie's product, MAGS (Micro Auto Gasification System) and the solution it provides to the maritime sector. MAGS transforms solid waste and sludges into energy which can be intergrated at the site where waste is generated. New regulations from MARPOL Annex V came into effect on January 1, 2013 - virtually banning the ...
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Marine Waste Management
The Reasons of Marine Waste Management New rules from IMO (International Maritime Organization), adopted in July 2011, imply substantial changes for all ship or rig types as early as January 2013. By applying waste management, the ship or rig owner or operator takes control of waste handling with the aim of achieving some or all of the following objectives: 1) To fulfill global and local rules ...
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Delitek Cleans up Marine Waste Handling
Delitek AS is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of waste handling systems specially designed for use on board ships and offshore installations. Owners and operators across the globe rely on the Norwegian company’s technology to dispose of their waste in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with the latest regulations The very first waste handling system ...
By Delitek AS
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Proco Check Valves provide Better Diffusion Value on Sea Floor - Case Study
Project: Marine WasteWater Outfall Diffusion Location: Istanbul , Turkey Owner: Water Authority of Istanbul Designer: Marine Consultants Group The Water Authority of Istanbul, which owns a biological wastewater treatment plant, serves a population of about 15 million people in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. To meet stricter environmental regulations, the Water Authority approached Marine ...
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2020 Boat Sewage Regulations: What Boat Owners Need to Know
Boat owners or rig operators are sternly regulated in regard to the way that they dispose of their boat sewage. There are many good reasons for this. For one, you want to make sure that you’re keeping the environment around your boat safe, for the good of everyone (including yourself). In order to ensure that everyone in U.S. national waters follows the same rules, the U.S. Coast Guard ...
By H2O Inc.
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Plastics, Marpol and Circular Economy: Prevention of Marine Plastic Pollution
Large ships, offshore platforms and poor land waste management, cause much of the marine pollution. Proper action is needed to solve this problem, starting with the correct use of technologies such as industrial shredders There are now regular reports of marine plastic pollution. One of the most recent cases to arouse public opinion was the discovery of a plastic bag in the Mariana trench, one ...
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Reed beds facilitate transfer of tributyltin from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems through insect vectors in the Archipelago Sea, SW Finland
Due to their adsorptive behavior, organotin compounds (OTCs), such as tributyltin (TBT), are accumulated in aquatic sediments. They are resistant to biodegradation and, despite a ban in 2008, a potential source for future exposure. Sediment OTCs have mostly been measured from sites of known high concentrations such as ports, shipping lanes, and marine dredging waste sites. However, the possible ...
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Marine food waste management - Case study
Background The Fred Olsen offshore wind focussed firm, Windcarrier, took delivery of it’s second sea borne jack up vessel, the Bold Tern in January 2013. Accompanying its sister vessel the Brave Tern, the 132m vessel set off from its shipbuilders facility in Jebel Ali to work in the north German sea to start installing 80 wind turbines at the newly designated Riffgat offshore wind farm. ...
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On-Board Food Waste Industrial Shredder
Marpol Certified On-Board Food Waste Industrial Shredder Volumetric reduction is essential for the correct disposal of many materials. For food waste the logistical challenge cannot use brute force, but a fast, complete and easy maintenance solution. SatrindTech produces and installs customised shredders for food waste solutions in the following areas: Food industries Catering ...
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Review on potential for waste recycled based bioenergy for marine system
Human status today can best be defined as an age of knowledge, efficiency and sustainable developments towards fulfilling significant part of human existence in this beautiful planet we all share. Previous time in human history has been dominated with various experimentation, knowledge acquisition which has resulted to new discovery and new philosophy of doing things in efficient, sensitive, ...
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Annual Swim – “Newport Sharkfest”
An article popped up on our radar by Newport This Week. It is about Clean Ocean Access‘ upcoming annual swim that has been dubbed” Swim to Skim”, which raises awareness of the Marina Trash Skimmer’srole of improved water quality. We at Marina Accessories are excited to see new ways to bring awareness to marine debris and the Marina Trash Skimmer. Thank you Newport This ...
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Reed Beds
Naturally occurring wetlands have a natural, innate ability to remediate contaminants from water. Over the decades BritishFlora have supplied many millions of reeds, Phragmites communis, for both habitat creation projects such as bird reserves to attract bittern, bearded tit and water rails, to name but a few. Common Reed is commonly planted to help with the cleaning of contaminated water due to ...
By BritishFlora
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Break It Down, Build It Up - Sustainable Science Has Roots in ASTM Standards Development
It was back in the 1980s,” Richard Wool, Ph.D., recalls. “A lot of waste management sites were running out of space. Barges full of garbage were plowing up and down the East Coast with no place to dock. The idea of having biodegradable plastics would address a number of issues like getting rid of the trash and cleaning up marine waste, which was becoming a huge issue at the ...
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Environmental Focus - Oil Spill Response Segment Name Changed into EnviRo-Clean
For many years, our well-known oil spill response equipment has been marketed under the segment name Oil Spill Response. However, due to our strong commitment in relation to removal of plastic waste and marine debris from rivers and tributaries and removal of seaweed from beaches, we want to position ourselves as a strong environmentally conscious partner showing consideration for our ...
By DESMI A/S
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The European environment - state and outlook 2015 - An integrated assessment of the European environment
The European environment — state and outlook 2015 report (SOER 2015) provides a comprehensive assessment of the European environment's state, trends and prospects, and places it in a global context. It will inform European environmental policy implementation between 2015 and 2020, and analyses the opportunities to modify existing policies (and the knowledge used to inform those policies) in ...
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How to Size Your Marine Wastewater System
While you’re spending time on your offshore vessel, it’s important to ensure that you can enjoy a safe, sanitary life at sea. For both your guests and your crew, this includes simply and effectively getting rid of the waste your personnel produces on a daily basis. Not only is this crucial for a pleasant atmosphere on your vessel, but it’s also required in regulations set ...
By H2O Inc.
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Sand, surf and septage (Malibu Beach)
Onsite systems at 16 beaches on Santa Monica Bay, Calif., had exceeded their useful lives. Most were at risk of overflows and required pumping every two weeks, as sand blowing in through corroded cast-iron lids filled them three-quarters full. Monthly water samples taken by the Los Angeles County Department of Environmental Health confirmed intermittent high bacteria counts. Concern for the ...
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Nuclear power: ecologically sustainable or energy hot potato? A case study
We are facing the prospect of fossil fuels running out. The magnitude of the hydrocarbon resource gap and lack of alternative energy sources leaves us with few choices. The gap between supply and demand must be met through either increased efficiency or increased nuclear/renewable energy production. With the proposed development of ten nuclear power stations, government appears committed to using ...
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Global Waste Challenge
The global waste problem has never been more acute. There is a continued drive towards a throw-away society, encouraging consumers to purchase newly manufactured goods. This creates unprecedented amounts of waste, much of which cannot be reused or recycled. UK Plastics Recycling Plant The issue of waste is now a headline story across the planet. Through television programmes and social ...
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Why your MSD/Wastewater Chemicals are Important
Far too often people in the industry overlook the importance of chemicals in the treating of waste in their marine sanitation devices. It seems to be very common for people to lose sight of what needs to be done to keep the system working properly and one of the easiest things to overlook is the chemicals used to do so. Biological systems require chemicals to make “the magic ...
By H2O Inc.
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